Frontdoor (FTDR) Competitors

ICON Public (NASDAQ:ICLR) and Frontdoor (NASDAQ:FTDR) are both medical companies, but which is the superior business? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their community ranking, valuation, earnings, dividends, risk, media sentiment, profitability, analyst recommendations and institutional ownership.

Does the MarketBeat Community prefer ICLR or FTDR?

ICON Public received 491 more outperform votes than Frontdoor when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 65.62% of users gave ICON Public an outperform vote while only 58.30% of users gave Frontdoor an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
ICON Public	Outperform Votes 628 65.62%	Underperform Votes 329 34.38%
Frontdoor	Outperform Votes 137 58.30%	Underperform Votes 98 41.70%

Do analysts prefer ICLR or FTDR?

ICON Public currently has a consensus target price of $232.67, suggesting a potential upside of 58.27%. Frontdoor has a consensus target price of $46.50, suggesting a potential upside of 14.08%. Given ICON Public's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, equities analysts plainly believe ICON Public is more favorable than Frontdoor.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
ICON Public	0 Sell rating(s)	6 Hold rating(s)	8 Buy rating(s)	1 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.67
Frontdoor	1 Sell rating(s)	2 Hold rating(s)	2 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.20

Is ICLR or FTDR more profitable?

Frontdoor has a net margin of 12.87% compared to ICON Public's net margin of 9.56%. Frontdoor's return on equity of 132.99% beat ICON Public's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
ICON Public	9.56%	11.81%	6.65%
Frontdoor	12.87%	132.99%	22.10%

Do insiders and institutionals hold more shares of ICLR or FTDR?

95.6% of ICON Public shares are owned by institutional investors. 44.0% of ICON Public shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 1.5% of Frontdoor shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, large money managers and hedge funds believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.

Does the media refer more to ICLR or FTDR?

In the previous week, Frontdoor had 6 more articles in the media than ICON Public. MarketBeat recorded 11 mentions for Frontdoor and 5 mentions for ICON Public. Frontdoor's average media sentiment score of 0.78 beat ICON Public's score of -0.01 indicating that Frontdoor is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
ICON Public	2 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	2 Neutral mention(s)	1 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Neutral
Frontdoor	5 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	3 Neutral mention(s)	2 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive

Which has stronger earnings & valuation, ICLR or FTDR?

ICON Public has higher revenue and earnings than Frontdoor. Frontdoor is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than ICON Public, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.

Company	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
ICON Public	$8.28B	1.43	$612.34M	$9.53	15.43
Frontdoor	$1.84B	1.65	$171M	$3.03	13.45

Which has more risk and volatility, ICLR or FTDR?

ICON Public has a beta of 1.24, suggesting that its share price is 24% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Frontdoor has a beta of 1.19, suggesting that its share price is 19% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Summary

ICON Public beats Frontdoor on 13 of the 19 factors compared between the two stocks.